Superintendent Michael Nutter said if the proposed 6.7-mill levy on Tuesday's ballot should fail the district faces the prospect of trimming its staff by as many as 75 staff positions, including up to 65 teaching slots.

The Hudson school district has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers, according to the district. Teachers are voting today on the deal; the school board votes tonight at its meeting. The district will be posting details on its Web site www.hudson.edu.

Canal Fulton and Northwest schools hope to get federal money through the Ohio Department of Transportation to develop safe routes to walk or bike to school. Officials are seeking the public's ideas at a meeting on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Middle School (cafeteria), 8614 Erie Avenue NW.

Oklahoma lawmakers enacted a voucher system for special education like the McKay scholarships in Florida and the Ohio Autism Scholarship program, which I wrote about here and here on Sunday. But Oklahoma school districts say they won't comply with the new law. Here's the link to Friday's State of Ohio Education blog , which picks up the story from Education Week, with more details.

Interesting piece in the New York Times by a pediatrician who always asks parents if their baby is babbling.

The word ''babble'' is both significant and representative repetitive syllables, playing around with the same all-important consonants. (Indeed, the word seems to be derived not from the biblical Tower of Babel, as folk wisdom has it, but from the ''ba ba'' sound babies make.)

The Akron Public Schools board voted 6 to 1 in favor of a resolution supporting Issue 17, the proposal to divert a third of the dedicated city income tax for school construction for three years to support safety forces and snow removal.

Board vice president Jason Haas repeated his opposition to the proposal, noting that the campaign signs he's seen ask for a yes vote on all the proposed city charter amendments, including 17.

A deserving first grade teacher from Lighthouse Academy in Akron, Ohio will receive a surprise visit from OfficeMax where she will be honored and recognized with an award and $1000 worth of school supplies as part of the ''A Day Made Better'' national cause event celebrating teachers for their extraordinary efforts in the classroom.

Akron's newest middle school continues to attract national attention. CNN is visiting the new building on South Broadway on Oct. 7. This summer, Newsweek included the school in a story about fostering creativity. Details on the CNN visit after the jump

Akron City Council President Marco Sommerville, Akron Finance Director Diane Miller-Dawson and Akron Service Director Rick Merolla (all members of the Joint Board of Review that oversees the school construction project) came to the school board's special meeting Monday to talk about Issue 17.

Issue 17 -- the proposed charter amendment that would divert a third of the city's dedicated income tax for school construction to safety forces for three years -- was the sole item on the agenda (other than the executive session to ratify the teachers' contract).

The Akron School Board tonight approved a two-year contract that includes no raises for teachers on base pay, potential health concessions to be decided later and new contract language limiting the excuses for absences.

Teachers will receive a one-time bonus of 2 percent of their base pay, somewhere in the range of $1,100 to $1,500. Teachers also get, for the first time, a personal day they can use however they choose.

The Akron Education Association approved a tentative agreement Sunday by 97 percent, as expected. The board votes in a special session tonight. We should have contract details after the board vote tonight.

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